Unit Eight

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Unit Eight

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Teaching Objectives

1. Enlarge vocabulary
2. Talk about creativity
3. Learn to read efficiently with the reading skills
   of scanning and predicting
4. Learn to write a paragraph by contrast

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Sections

• Section A Birth of Bright Ideas
• Section B Ways of Increasing Creativity
• Section C Great Ideas

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Section A

• Birth of Bright Ideas

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Table of Contents

• Background Information
• Warming-up Activities
• Text Analysis
• Vocabulary and Structure
• Vocabulary Testing
• Writing

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Background Information

• "Did you think of that?" , "How did you
  think of that ? " Those are typical comments you
  might hear if you come up with a great idea.
• No one knows where the great bright ideas
  come from even now. The great bright ideas appear
  unexpectedly after peoples long-time aspiration,

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Background Information

• a fleeting thinking, or even in a
  dream. Some psychologists assume it is the the
  unconscious that give birth to the creative
  thoughts. In fact many examples in almost every
  field of culture have already proved this.

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Warming-up Activities (1)

• Group discussion
• 1. Where do good ideas come from?
• 2. Is it just the great creative personalities
  like Thomas Edison who have new and bright ideas
  ?

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Warming-up Activities (2)

• The following questions are concerned
  with the author's foreign language learning
  experiences in four stages. Read the questions
  carefully and choose the best answer to each
  question.

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Warming-up Activities (3)

• 1. Which of the following statements best
  expresses the main idea of the passage? _____.
• A) No satisfactory ways exist to explain how
  to form a good idea.
• B) Creative thought depends on what was
  unknown becoming known.
• C) The conscious in creative activities is
  responsible for the production of new organized
  forms from disorganized elements.
• D) The more highly insightful the person is,
  the sharper and more dramatic the signals become.

C
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Warming-up Activities (4)

• 2. What does the author mean by unconscious in
  paragraph 2 ? _____
• A) people who are not aware of the mental
  process
• B) people who are mindless
• C) mental process which is unknown to the
  individuals
• D) mental process which is known to the
  individuals

C
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Warming-up Activities (5)

• 3. What can be inferred from the Descartes
  examples ? _____.
• A) The dream can determine ones life path
  
• B) The dream filled Descartes with intensive
  religious enthusiasm.
• C) Dreams play an important role in the birth
  of bright ideas.
• D) Cogito ergo sum

C
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Text analysis (1)

• In the reading passage, the writer
  presents through contrast different ways of
  forming bright ideas one is the conscious mind
  knows nothing about the process of idea
  forming(paragraph 4, the story of Wagner), while
  the other is the conscious mind observes the
  process of idea forming(paragraph 5). By making a
  contrast, the writer is , in fact, telling us how
  big ideas are formed.

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Text analysis (2)

• It is quite natural that we are making
  contrasts or comparisons every day. Through
  contrasts and comparisons, we make our own
  choices, express different ideas or just tell
  others there are different ways.

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Text analysis (3)

• To make a contrast, the things you are to make a
  contrast with must have something in common.
  People will not likely make a contrast between
  the duties of a university with the rules of
  playing football. In the reading passage, the
  common base for making a contrast is some ways of
  forming bright ideas.

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Text analysis (4)

• To development a paragraph of contrast, or to
  introduce two opposite ideas, the following
  phrases may be of some help on the contrary, on
  the one hand, on the other hand, otherwise,
  unlike, in sharp contrast, whereas, rather than,
  conversely, instead, by contrast, however.

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Text analysis (5)

• Another notable way of presenting ideas in the
  passage is that both paragraph 4 and 5 have a
  subject, a process and a result, which produce a
  logic and well-organized structures.

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Text analysis (6)

• Introduction (Para. 1-3)
• All truly creative activities depend in some
  degree signals from the unconscious.
• main body
• The experiences of three famous people can be
  taken as examples to illustrate the birth of
  bright ideas.

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Text analysis (7)

• (Para. 4-6)
• 1. Richard Wagners experience (Para.4)
• 2. Henri Poincares experience (Para.5)
• 3. Descartess experience(Para.6)
• Conclusion (Para. 7)
• These three examples are just representative of
  countless others in every field of culture. All
  these examples show that the unconscious is the
  source of creative thoughts and it gives birth to
  bright ideas.

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Vocabulary and Structure

• You should memorize the following core vocabulary
  and useful structure.

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compose ??,????(??,??? (1)

• ??be composed of ???
• ??China is a country with a very large
  population composed of many nationalities.
• ?????????????????????
• It was in 1764 that Mozart composed his first
  symphony.
• ?????1964????????????

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compose? (2)

• ????????????????(???????)
• be composed of be made up of constitute
  comprise consist of
• 7 days constitute a week???????
• The committee comprises five persons. ??????????
• The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and
  Northern Ireland?
• Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

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contrast ??,??

• ??in/by contrast ????
• in contrast to/with ?????
• ?????????,??????????????
• In contrast with the modern quality-oriented
  education, the traditional exam-oriented
  education seems very old-fashioned. ?

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combine??,??

• ??combine with???/??
• in combination with??????
• ??????????????,??????????
• If improved education is combined with other
  factors, dramatic results can be achieved.

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observe??????(??)

• ??observe sb. do sth. ???????
• observe sb. doing sth. ????????
• under observation ???,??????
• carefully/closely/keenly
  observe??,??,?????
• strictly/conscientiously/meticulously
  observe??,??,???????

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observe??????(??)

• ????,??????????????????
• Its well-known that all animals have to
  observe the jungle law.
• ??????,?????????????
• In diplomatic relation with other
  countries, we observe the five principles based
  on peaceful co-existence.

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exemplify ??,?????

• ???????????????????????
• The recent oil price rises exemplify the
  difficulties which the motor industry is now
  facing.

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certainty??, ??(?) ????(????)

• It can be said with certainty that ???????
• It can be said with certainty that diligence is a
  key factor to success.
• It can be said with certainty that nothing is
  more important than good health.

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responsible?????,?????

• ??be responsible for sth. ??????
• be responsible to sb. ??????
• take responsibility for sth.
• ?????????????????????
• He feels that the media should be more
  responsible for what they report.
• ?????????????????????
• He insisted that his solid foundation was
  responsible for his present success.

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be occupied with ???,???

• Being fully occupied with business matters, I
  find no chance to clear up the misunderstanding
  between us.
• I am afraid you wont be able to see the doctor
  for he is fully occupied with appointment this
  afternoon.
• ??????????,????????????????

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sleep on sth.???????,??????

• We will have to sleep on your invitation until
• we know whether we will be free next week.
• There is no need to make a decision now why
  dont you go home and sleep on it?
• ?????????,?????????????????

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depend on ??,???

• ????????????????????
• The success of the company depends in some degree
  on the quality of the staff.
• Whether a person can succeed or not depends, to a
  great extent, on determination(self-confidence,
  persistent efforts, diligence and so on).
• ????????????????????(???,???????,???)?

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take shape??,??

• ???????????,??????????????
• A great idea slowly took shape in his mind during
  his business trip to Shanghai.

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fill sb. with sth.???

• ?? sb. be filled with sth.(sth.?????????)
• The sight of the poor boy filled her with a
  motherly sympathy.
• He looked at me without speaking, and for the
  first time I could see that his eyes were filled
  with pride.

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form a good idea ?????????(L.1)

• ?? form an(a) idea/ opinion/ judgment/ plan/
  personality
• One of the most important tasks for a school is
  to help and promote forming a students
  personality
• ?????????????????????????.

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a gift from the gods??????? (L.3)

• ???????????,????????????????
• After experiencing so many ups and downs in his
  life, the old man doesnt believe in the gift of
  the gods.

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flash????(??,??)??(L.2)

• These lines from Shakespeare just flashed into my
  mind.????????????????
• ??????????????? My mind flashed back to last
  Christmas.
• The car flashed by so quickly that I could not
  see the car number.??????,??????????
• ????????????????,????????????The policeman
  flashed his I.D. card at me, but I could not read
  his name.

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all ideas dont occur like that(L.4)

• occur(?to??)??????????????
• ?? sth. occur to sb. it occurs to sb.
  that
• The idea never occurred to me. ???????????
• It suddenly occurred to me that going skiing in
  northeast China during winter vacation might be a
  very good idea. ????????????????????

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glow with??????(L.5)

• ??????????,??????????My fathers face glowed with
  satisfaction when he saw my school report.
• Our life glows with the heat of peoples
  affection for each other.
• ?????????????????????????

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in . . . degree ????(L.15)

• in the slightest degree ?????
• -- A large number of young people are not in the
  slightest degree interested in classical music.
• in some degree ??????
• --I suppose that each one of us is, in some
  degree a prisoner of material greed.

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in . . . degree ????(L.15)

• in varying degrees ??????
• --Production of fruits and vegetables has also
  risen in varying degrees.
• ???????????????????

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to do /be sth. without and sth. else
within?????(L. 23)

• ????????,????????????
• She is
  at peace
• without and at
  war
• within.

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be unknown to????(L.7)

• In the program Arts and Life, Chen Kaige
  described his growing process unknown to the
  public.
• ?????????????,?????????????????

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mighty flood of water (29)

• flood. n.????
• ???? a flood of tears
• There was a flood of complaints from the press
  about the bad language used in the special TV
  show.
• ?????????????????????

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to take its shape within him (L.31)

• The whole picture had taken its shape within the
  painter before he moved his brush on the paper.
• ?????????????????
• A great idea slowly took shape in his mind during
  his business trip to Shanghai.
• ???????????,??????????????

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arrive at no results ????(L.38)

• Their efforts to bridge the gap between the two
  generations arrived at no result in the end?
• ???????????????????????????
• ? arrive at an agreement ????
• arrive at a conclusion ????
• arrive at a decision ???

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to be contrary to ones usual habit (L. 39)????

• Contrary to his usual habit, he got up early
  this morning to get ready for this decisive
  negotiation with his business partner.
• ??????????????????,???????,??????

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at work (L.37)

• ????????????????,??????????????
• Having stood out from so many candidates, she
  guessed her overseas educational background was
  at work.

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to keep surging in ones head (??)?????(L.40)

• Though years have passed since our departure, my
  teacher smiles still keep surging in my head.
• ???????,?????????????????

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the sudden explosion of (L.45)

• ????????????,????????????
• We are living in an age of knowledge explosion
  we have hardly had the time to learn the new
  concepts.
• ????explosion of anger ????
• explosions of laughter ????
• a considerable explosion of public
  opinion
• 
  ????

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be representative of???(???????)(L. 52)

• ?? to be representative of to be
  typical/characteristic of
• ???????????????????????
• Her optimistic opinions are typical of the
  mentality of the majority towards this move.

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Difficult sentence paraphrase (1)

• ??All of us have experienced this sudden
  arrival of a new idea, but it is easiest to
  examine it in the great creative personalities,
  many of whom experienced it in an intensified
  form and have written it down in their life
  stories and letters. (L10-12)
• ??All of us have the experience that a new
  idea comes to us suddenly, but it is easy to
  study and understand the examples of those great
  creative people, their impression towards such
  case was very strong and they have written down
  their experience in the life stories and letters.
• ?????many of whom???????,??personalities,
  ????????experienced?have written?????

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Difficult sentence paraphrase (2)

• ??He recognized that the orchestral opening
  to the "Rhinegold", which he must have carried
  about within him yet had never been able to put
  it into form, had at last taken its shape within
  him. (L29-32)
• ??He realized that the orchestral opening to
  the Rhinegold had finally been formed in his
  mind. Before this, the music must have existed in
  his mind, but he had never been able to express
  it in a clear form.
• ?????????that?????????????which???????????,???
  ??the orchestral opening to the
  "Rhinegold",??????yet????

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Difficult sentence paraphrase (3)

• ??Here, we see the conscious mind observing
  the new combinations being formed in the
  unconscious, while the Wagner story shows the
  sudden explosion of a new concept into
  consciousness. (L43-45)
• ?? Here we can find that the conscious mind
  was watching the new combinations being formed in
  the unconscious mind, but from Wagner story we
  find that a new concept bursts into consciousness
  without his knowing it is there.
• ????while???????????,???????

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Vocabulary Testing (1)
B

• 1. His white hair was in sharp___with his dark
  skin.
• A. contrary B. contrast
• C. compose D convince
• 2. Steel___ iron and a number of other elements.
• A. is composed of B. is consisted of
• C. makes up of D. insists on

A
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Vocabulary Testing (2)

• 3. We asked Judy if she would join our club and
  she answered that she would__ it and let us know
  tomorrow.
• A. depend on B take on.
• C run on D. sleep on
• 4. It suddenly occurred ___him that he had met
  this man before.
• A. with B to C. of D .for

D
B
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Vocabulary Testing (3)

• 5. Good health depends ___balanced diet ,proper
  exercise and getting enough sleep.
• A.to B. with C. upon D .by
• 6. I'm not in the slightest ____interested.
• A. extent B. scope C .limit D. degree

C
D
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Vocabulary Testing (4)
A

• 7. I wish you could ___a logic solution.
• A. arrive at B. get at
• C. arrive in D. give
• 8. Important people don't often have much free
  time as their work ___all their time.
• A. takes away B. takes over
• C. takes up D. takes in

C
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Vocabulary Testing (5)
D

• 10.What you have done is__ the doctor's orders.
• A. attached to B. responsible to
• C. resistant to D. contrary to
• 19. After four years' study in college, his mind
  and character began to ___.
• A. share with B. take stock
• C. stamp on D. take shape

D
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Vocabulary Testing (6)

• Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrases
• be occupied with at work responsible for
  representative of surge depend on
  in contrast stable In the slighted
  degree take advantage of as if
  contrary to

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Vocabulary Testing (7)

• be occupied with at work responsible for
  representative of surge depend on
  in contrast stable In the slighted
  degree take advantage of as if
  contrary to
• 1. We must see that our spare time ______________
  meaningful activities
• 2. He still felt ________________ her sudden
  death.

is occupied with
responsible for
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Vocabulary Testing (8)

• be occupied with at work responsible for
  representative of surge depend on
  in contrast stable In the slighted
  degree take advantage of as if
  contrary to
• 3. The success of the factory __________ the
  worker. chances to speak English in class at
  college.
• 4. He was not _________________________
  interested.

depends on
in the slighted degree
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Vocabulary Testing (9)

• be occupied with at work responsible for
  representative of surge depend on
  in contrast stable In the slighted
  degree take advantage of as if
  contrary to
• 5. She looks almost ______ she were drunk.
• 6. The crowd ______ out of the stadium.

as if
surged
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Vocabulary Testing (10)

• be occupied with at work responsible
  for representative of surge depend on
  in contrast stable In the slighted
  degree take advantage of as if
  contrary to
• 7. Their marriage was ______ until he started
  drinking again.
• 8. ___________ all advice he gave up his job and
  left for the south..

stable
Contrary to
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Vocabulary Testing (11)

• be occupied with at work responsible for
  representative of surge depend on
  in contrast stable In the slighted
  degree take advantage of as if
  contrary to
• 9. Scientific research indicates that parents
  attitude is ___________ in forming childrens
  characteristics.
• 10. He _____________________ living with an
  American to catch a glimpse of western culture.

at work
took the advantage of
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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay

• A Comparison or Contrast essay is an essay in
  which you either compare something or contrast
  something.  A comparison essay is an essay in
  which you emphasize the similarities, and a
  contrast essay is an essay in which you emphasize
  the differences. 

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay

• When you choose a topic, be sure not to choose
  two totally unrelated subjects.  You must start
  with subjects that have some basic similarities. 
  For instance, you could choose to
  compare/contrast two movies, two authors, two
  modes of transportation, or two sports figures,
  but you would not want to try to compare train
  travel and a tiger!

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay

• Transitions are important in comparison/ contrast
  writing, especially with the point by point
  organization, to avoid confusion. Without
  transitions, the points you are
  comparing/contrasting may blur into one another.
  Also, a variety of transitions prevent monotony.

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay

• A list of transitions follows
•  For comparison like, same, both, the same as,
  similar, in the same way, most important,
  similarly, as, too, have in common, as well as.
•  For contrast although, however, differ,
  unlike, even though, yet, but, instead, on the
  contrary, on the other hand, whereas, while,
  unless, contrary to, the reverse.

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay an example

• Read the following essay, Two Dads Are Better
  than One, in which a freshman composition student
  contrasts her stepfather with her biological
  father in order to decide which she should care
  about more. Which organizational style does she
  use?

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay an example

• I've always envied people with only two
  parents.  They never have to feel sorry for their
  real father because he is lonely, and they never
  have to feel they should care more about their
  stepfather because he is the one who has provided
  them with the necessities most of their lives. 
  Since I have two fathers, I have known these
  feelings.  I know what it's like trying to decide
  which father I should care about more so that I
  could tell my friends the next time they asked. 
  It really should be a clear-cut decision.  My two
  fathers are so different in everything that I
  should be able to look at these differences and
  decide.

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay an example

• A major difference between the two is
  how responsible they are.  My stepfather has
  always had a steady job. He enjoys going to work
  each day and knowing that at the end of the week
  he'll get a paycheck.  With this paycheck he pays
  bills, buys groceries, and makes sure we all have
  clothes to wear.  On the other hand, my father
  doesn't particularly care for steady jobs.  He is
  a singer and has worked three or four nights a
  week in nightclubs most of his life.  With his
  money, he buys things like new guitars and
  amplifiers.  His idea of providing for us, as Mom
  tells me, is to send ten dollars a month, which
  is to be divided three ways.  He only does this,
  however, when he's out of state. 

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay an example

• Discipline is another major difference
  between my two fathers.  My stepfather, who can
  be very strict at times, believes that children
  should obey their parents, do what they are told
  when they are told to do it, and respect their
  elders.  My father, who was never disciplined
  himself, has quite different views.  He has
  always encouraged my brothers and me to rebel
  against rules, to ask why we had to do certain
  things, and to resent being made to do things we
  thought were stupid.  (Going to bed at ten was
  stupid.)  My mother always told us that our
  father only did this to cause trouble, but I'm
  not so sure about that.  Maybe he did, but then
  again maybe he thought going to bet at ten was
  stupid, too!

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay an example

• Education is another big issue my
  stepfather is concerned about.  He believes, like
  many people, that to be able to succeed in life,
  one has to have a good education.  He always told
  us that he didn't want us to turn out like he
  did, a truck driver who had to be away from his
  family for weeks at a time.  He used to punish me
  and my brothers for making C's on our report
  cards. His theory is that a C is average, and his
  kids are not average.  I wouldn't place any money
  on that.  My father believes that an education is
  good to have, but one doesn't have to have it to
  survive.  He always says, "Look at me I made
  it."  I don't think, however, that I would call
  sleeping in the back of a station wagon "making
  it."

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A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast
Essay an example

• So here I have it.  All their
  differences down on paper, and I can look at them
  objectively and decide which father to love more,
  but it isn't that easy.  I love my father because
  he is just that, my natural father.  I respect
  him I am obligated to him, and I want to make
  him proud of me.  Then there is my stepfather,
  whom I respect very much whom I feel obligated
  to whom I want to make proud of me and, most
  important of all, whom I have grown to love as
  much as any child could possibly love a parent. 
  I guess I'll never really know which father I
  love more.  I don't see why I should have to love
  either more.  I think I'll just love both of them
  in almost equal amounts.

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Section B

• Ways to Increasing Creativity

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Table of Contents

• Reading Comprehension
• Vocabulary Study
• Vocabulary Test

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Reading Comprehension (1)

• Read the following statements. Are they true (T)
  or false (F) according to the text? Correct the
  false statements then.
• ____1. The guests applauded because they would
  have perfectly cooled wine to drink.
• _____2. The average people are different from
  genius in intelligence.

F
F
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Reading Comprehension (2)
T

• _____3. As long as you can be with your thoughts
  undisturbed, you will find ideas come your way.
• _____4. By giving the college students example,
  the writer intends to tell readers how clever he
  is.
• _____5. The author thinks socializing with people
  of different kinds benefits creative thinking.

F
T
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Reading Comprehension (3)
F

• _____6. When you have a good idea, you should
  decide cautiously whether it has any value
• _____7. Dali Salvador was so hard-working that he
  always held a spoon as not to fall asleep.
• _____8. The phrase seek the challenge in
  paragraph 6 means actively try to answer new
  questions.

F
T
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Vocabulary and Structure

• You should memorize the following core vocabulary
  and useful structure.

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applaud??????, ??

• The people applauded with joy as the singer waved
  to them.??????????,???????????
• ?????????????????????????????
• The residents in the neighborhood all applauded
  the council's decision to close the small dye
  factory.

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convince ???,??

• ??convince sb. of sth.
• convince sb. that ?????
• convince sb. to do sth. ???????
• The general public are convinced of the
  rightness of the scientists views on
  environmental protection.
• ??????????????????????
• No one can convince the old lady to take the
  plane she is afraid of height.
• ????????????????????,??????

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impulse??, ????? ??,??

• on impulse ????,??????
• a man of impulse ?????
• act on impulse ?????
• We should try to avoid making impulsive decisions
  on important matters such as career, marriage and
  so on. ????????????????,????????????????

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potential??,??(n.)???(a.)

• to develop ones potential ????
• to tap the potential of sth. ???????
• to have/show potential as/to be ??/??????

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scarcely???, ????

• Scarcelywhen??.. ? ?????????.?????? hardly...
  when... ,no sooner... than...
• I had scarcely stepped out of the house when I
  heard a scream within.
• Scarcely had I stepped out of the house when I
  heard a scream within.

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advantage??,??

• ?? take advantage of ??
• How to take advantage of the solar
  energy, the everlasting source of energy, remains
  a problem that puzzles the scientists.
  ?????????????????????????????
• ??(????)????????
• The advantages of surfing the
• Internet outnumber its disadvantages.

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claim?????????

• ?? claim to do / that ?????????
• claim sth. ?? It is claimed that
  ??
• The motorcyclist claimed that it was the car
  driver who should be responsible for the
  accident. ??????????????????
• It is claimed that the prices of home-made cars
  will fall dramatically after China enters WTO.
  ??,?????????,???????????

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transfer ??????

• ?? transfer at ???(??)
• transfer from into/to ???, ???
• The chances of the disease being transferred to
  humans are extremely remote. ???????????????????
• He has been transferred from the Manchester
  branch to the London branch. ???????????????????

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act upon ????,??

• ????????????????,?????????????,???????????????????
  ??
• It no use telling grownup children to act on
  experience, not only because they dont believe
  you but also because making mistakes is an
  essential part of education.

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back and forth?????, ???

• --He sat in his usual basket chair rocking back
  and forth, enjoying a moment of peace.
• --They discussed their plan back and forth,
  without arriving at an agreement.

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come ones way??, ??

• ???????????????,????????????
• You have to get yourself ready for any
• time when a chance comes your way you can
  surely capture it.

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the reservoir of ideas ????? (L.10)

• reservoir n. ??,???(?)(???????)??
• a reservoir of facts
• a reservoir of hope ????
• a reservoir of manpower ??????
• a reservoir of information ???????
• a reservoir of wise thinking ???????

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expand your world (L.39)

• ????????,?????????????????
• We used to have one teacher who instructed us in
  reading, English and history.
• ??????????????????,??????????
• Effective communication is very important
• when a boss instructs his people to do
• what he wants them to do.

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set in motion?......???? (L.43)

• Press the button as to set the machine in motion.
  
• Her sharp, aggressive tone set in motion the
  events that led to her defeat.
• ?????????,?????,????????

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this principle works elsewhere as well(L.50)

• work (??????)???,???
• ????????????
• Your idea wont work in practice.
• ??????????,???????
• It is no good trying that method, because it
  wont work.

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the endless flow of ideas ???????(L.54)

• flow n. ???? ??, ??
• a rapid flow of speech ?????
• a continuous flow of information ???????
• the flow of traffic ???????
• a rising flow of foreign investors to
  China?????????????

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Difficult sentence paraphrase (1)

• ??Most of us seldom achieve our creative
  potential but the reservoir of ideas hiding
  within every one of us can be unlocked. (L9-11)
• ??Many of us do not use our creative mental
  abilities but the huge creative capacity within
  us can be brought into play.
• ??hiding within every one of us?????????????

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Difficult sentence paraphrase (2)

• ??Shocked awake by the sound, he would
  immediately sketch the images seen in his mind in
  that fertile world of semi-sleep. (L23-25)
• ??The sound woke him up, and then immediately
  he made a quick drawing of the images in his
  mind. He had the images when he was almost
  asleep, which is a good source of creative ideas.
• ??shocked awake by the sound???????????,seen
  in his mind in that fertile world of
  semi-sleep??????????,??images?

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Difficult sentence paraphrase (3)

• ??Edwin Land, one of America's most
  productive inventors, claimed the idea leading to
  his invention of the Polaroid camera came from
  his three-year-old daughter. (L33-34)
• ?? One of the Americas most productive
  inventors Edwin Land said that it was his young
  daughter made him have the idea to invent the
  Polaroid camera.
• ??one of America's most productive
  inventors???????,leading to??????????,??the
  idea?

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Vocabulary Test (1)

• Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrases.
• expand right away take advantage of
  applaud scarcely back and forth
  act on take up evaluate come ones
  way productive on impulse
  convince
• 1. Not carefully taking the price into
  consideration, I bought the dress ___________ .
• 2. You are sure to be regretful if you dont
  _______ your fathers advice.

on impulse
act on
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Vocabulary Test (2)

• expand right away take advantage of
  applaud scarcely back and forth
  act on take up evaluate come ones
  way productive on impulse
  convince
• ____________________ of on-line information
  is of great significance to social science.
• 4. The residents in the neighborhood all
  _________ the council's decision to close this
  chemical plant.

Taking advantage of
applauded
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Vocabulary Test (3)

• expand right away take advantage of
  applaud scarcely back and forth
  act on take up evaluate come ones
  way productive on impulse
  convince
• 5. "Now, there is _______ a student who does
  not want to earn a little money to help cover the
  increasingly higher college costs.
• 6. Having not got any news from his son, the
  worried mother moved _______________ in the room.

scarcely
back and forth
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Vocabulary Test (4)

• expand right away take advantage of
  applaud scarcely back and forth
  act on take up evaluate come ones
  way productive on impulse
  convince
• 7. It took her parents a lot of time to ________
  Anne to further her study abroad rather than find
  a job at home.
• 8. If you meet with any difficulties, please let
  me know ____________.

convince
right away
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Vocabulary Test (5)

• expand right away take advantage of
  applaud scarcely back and forth
  act on take up evaluate come ones
  way productive on impulse
  convince
• 9. Have you _________ any part-time jobs during
  the summer vacation?
• 10. The research project has only been under way
  for three months, so it's too early to ________
  its success..

taken up
evaluate
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Section C

• Great Ideas

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Reading Comprehension (1)

• Choose the best answer to each of the following
  questions
• 1. Hoover vacuum is ________________.
• A.  powered by steam engine
• B.  named by the designers name
• C.  being sold nowadays
• D.  a huge device

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Reading Comprehension (2)

• 2. Gideon Sundback ____________________.
• A.  got the patent on the hookless
  fastener in 1893
• B.  is the inventor of zipper, which makes
  our life more convenient
• C. designed zipper by chance
• D. is a Canadian businessman

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Reading Comprehension (3)

• 3. ___________ improved previous innovation.
• A.     Richard Drew
• B.     Percy L. Spencer
• C.     Alexander Graham Bell
• D.     James Murray Spangler

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Reading Comprehension (4)

• 4. The writer says that Bell didnt know much
  about electricity is probably a good thing,
  because_________.
• A. he thinks Bell is a genius
• B. he thinks Bell is even better than
  other electricity masters
• C. he thinks Bell is not like those
  electricity masters, whose imagination have been
  limited
• D. he thinks geniuses need not apply

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Reading Comprehension (5)

• Read the text first and then provide short
  answers to the following questions.
• Q What kind of qualities do you think these
  inventors have in common?
• A First of all, they all have creative
  imagination for example, the idea of vacuum
  cleaner came from air pump. Secondly, most of
  them, like the inventor of microwave oven, are
  specialists of a certain area. Last but not
  least, they are all hard working and persevering
  for instance, Sundback spent almost six years on
  improving the old hookless fastener.